Ham Radio Antenna Without Cutting a New Hole

I wanted my ham radio in the car, but didn't want to cut a new hole in the roof to support an antenna. Here is my solution for using an NMO ham radio antenna on my car without cutting a new hole. It will also work for CB or GMRS...

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Mods to the car and links to blog write-ups:

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[joeallison]

Let me add my vote to a most excellent video. Thanks for taking the time to discuss everything that you did. I am very glad I discovered your channel and I look forward to getting my own technicians license soon.

[verdexj]

This worked perfect for a grand Cherokee. Thanks. Just don't have antenna farm install the pl259, it won't fit through the mount. Crimp your own. Thanks for letting us know of this product.

[theodoreboyer]

I got tired of Sirius calling me and pushing subscriptions, so I told them I had removed the antenna and replaced it with An amateur radio antenna. No more calls from Sirius.

[AaronDengler]

Very good video. Clear and concise. Thanks for sharing.

[darkwelderwelding]

Thank you soo much for taking the time to post this information!

[CrispimSoares]

Wow, thanks much for all the details. This is awesome.

[Aleziss]

uh ! I thought that shark fin antenna was also for FM reception... I have the TSI model and I too did not want to drill a hole on the roof ! That is a nice solution if the original antenna is not used for FM reception !

[BruceSites]

Very nice video and your presentation skills are very good also. When you transmit on GMRS or Ham is there any issues with the GPS reception?

[SIGINT]

Very nice. I am always in favor of NMOs but even my latest vehicle I just don’t want to do that anymore.

[reidlanham]

Awesome, thanks for this video! I have a 2017 GTI and from your video years ago I've been thinking about adding my 2m/70cm antenna. I'll check this out once I verify that it shouldn't interfere with the sunroof. Oh, and to be clear, you still have your SiriusXM antenna unhooked, correct? Thnaks!

[carlosp]

Where did you say you got the 3" adapter?

[elsuperpollo]

I'm not using the suirus radio in my ram 1500 can I remove that and put a antenna there for a 2m mobile radio?

[RandomMichael]

Tnx! I have been looking for antlers for my '19 Alltrack!! And I have the ATS 120 Antenna. Whew if you ever hit anything with the Yaesu antenna on...73 K4QET

[Aleziss]

I was wondering, how to get vhf and uhf tuned to the atas120 ? I do not find any information on how to run vhf and uhf out of the atas-120. Also how did you screw the atas-120 to your car on the nmo mount ? which adaptor did you use to get nmo to so239 ? lastly, did your mount was strong enough to use your atas120 while driving ? that is rather a big antenna for the small mount I see in your video no ? thank you !

[bobbyt]

So you still had to remove the headliner and run your antenna wire around airbags or you found another way?

[EiiP]

Very informative, could I ask is the cap hat homebrew or commercial?

[billruttan]

How does the signal from the GPS Satellites enable your compass indication? Is this a ‘Direction of Travel” readout, or an actual heading display (which, in a road vehicle, are about the same thing anyway)?

[FUCK_GOOGLE]

Installed this EMwave Combination Mount 3 months ago and GPS antenna has failed. RMA'd for a replacement. Hopefully it will be trouble free.

[ramjet]

Another video that fails to show how these "stealth" antennas work or how efficient they are or are not.

[sleeve]

Probably the best all around video covering this information !
Well done, and Bravo !
But wish you would have spoken about SWR, and the risks of RF getting into the GPS receiver etc., because of proximity ?